Plastic picture frame



Oct. 25,1949. E. D. KISSLING PLASTIC PICTURE FRAME Filed April 5, 1945INVENTOR, EDMUNDD. KISSLING BY fiIZ/VJX Patented Oct. 25, 1949 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE PLASTIC PICTURE FRAME Edmund D. Kissling, New York,N. Y.

Application April 5, 1945, Serial No. 586,706

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a frame, andmore particularly in a picture frame.

More specifically, the present invention proposes the construction of apicture frame characterized by having a twisted plastic frame member andtwo glass plates supported by the frame member, the glass plates beingadapted to display a picture or photograph disposed between them.

Still further it is proposed to provide a picture frame as aforesaid inwhich the frame member has a loop base, longitudinally aligned basemembers and vertical uprights at the ends of the base members, the basemembers being connected to the loop base in a manner to provide a groovefor holding the bottom of the plates of glass and the tops of theuprights being formed in a manner to provide grooVes for holding theopposite sides of the plates.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a picture frame member constructed inaccordance with this invention, the glass plates being indicated indotdash lines.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The picture frame, according to the present invention, is of the presentinvention shown in the drawings forming a part formed from plasticappropriately shaped. The plastic may be clear or transparent or may bevariously colored. The plastic stock may be of various shapes, but ispreferably of rectangular strip shape. The frame is made of a singlestrip of plastic.

The frame member I0 is, as aforesaid, made of a single strip ofrectangular plastic stock, preferably clear or transparent. It has aloop base II which is not twisted and which rests on its narrow edges,providing maximum base strength. The opposite ends of the loop base Hcontinue into base members, l2, which are aligned along the front-bottomof the picture frame. Vertical members [3 extend upwardly from ends ofthe base members [2. The upper or free ends M of the vertical members l3are bent inwardly toward each other. These ends M are not twisted. Thevertical parts of the vertical members are twisted like a cork-screw,the twist being similar throughout the entire length of each verticalpart, but the two vertical parts being twisted in opposite directions.The juncture of the end M with the vertical part of member l3 forms agroove IS.

The base members l2 are twisted similarly to their respective verticalmembers I3 from adjacent the vertical members l3 almost to the loop baseH. At the juncture of each base member l2 with its end of the loop baseII, the twist is reversed at I6 and connected with the base member toform a groove I'I. Thus two spaced grooves l! are provided. Two platesof glass I9, between which may be disposed a picture or photograph orthe like, are mounted in the grooves I! at their bottoms and retained ina slightly inclined position by the grooves I5 and free ends M. Theplates are inclined, adding to the appearance of the picture frame, dueto the fact that the grooves I! are forward of the free ends [4.

The present invention provides a strong and simple picture frame inwhich the glass plates are easily assembled and disassembled, andpictures mounted. The plastic is hard enough to be very strong and yetis not hard enough to scratch furniture or the like on which the pictureframe is disposed.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

I claim:

An article of manufacture, comprising a picture frame having a base andside upright members, the base being formed with a lateral loop and sidearms and the uprights having inwardly.

directed terminal supports, the base and the uprights being constructedof a single piece of material, and the side arms and the uprights beingformed with helical twists disposed forwardly of the terminal supports,the helical twists of the side arms forming stops for the forward sideof the bottom edge portion of a picture and the loop having seats toreceive the picture, and the terminal supports of the uprights beingdisposed in line with said seats, whereby a picture element may bedisposed on said loop seats and held against displacement by saiduprights, said terminal supports, said twisted arms and said loop seats.

EDMUND n. KlSSLING.

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